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PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Goodmorning, madam, in your sleepy brown hair—
Twist yourself awake, blink and stare!
I am lying on the floor,
With the old rose-red
Dressing-gown you wore
When you went to bed.
Twist yourself awake, blink and stare!
I am lying on the floor,
With the old rose-red
Dressing-gown you wore
When you went to bed.
Don't look stupid with drowsy blue eyes—
Here by the bed is your disguise!
You're a gentle wife
And a tender mother,
And all your life
You shall be no other.
Here by the bed is your disguise!
You're a gentle wife
And a tender mother,
And all your life
You shall be no other.
Life is a shawl to wrap about your shoulder—
Every day warmer, every day older.
In half an hour
You'll be dressed,
Youth like a flower
Wilting on your breast.
Every day warmer, every day older.
In half an hour
You'll be dressed,
Youth like a flower
Wilting on your breast.
Marjorie Allen Seiffert
Poetry, A Magazine of Verse
Poetry, A Magazine of Verse
THERAPY
There is a way
Of healing love with love,
They say.
But I say no!
What! Shall pain comfort pain,
Fever cool fever,
Woe minister to woe?
Of healing love with love,
They say.
But I say no!
What! Shall pain comfort pain,
Fever cool fever,
Woe minister to woe?
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